Cola Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
Submitted by wtam
Southern-style chocolate cola cake loaded with mini marshmallows, made in a 9×13 pan and frosted warm with peanut butter frosting. A potluck legend that feeds a crowd.
YIELD
20 servingsPREP
10 minCOOK
40 minREADY
50 minDown South, cola cake is a religion and this version might just convert you. A full cup of cola goes into the batter along with melted butter, cocoa, and buttermilk, creating a chocolate cake so moist it’s almost fudgy. Mini marshmallows melt into the batter during baking, leaving pockets of gooey sweetness throughout.
The peanut butter frosting goes on while the cake is still warm, so it melts slightly and seeps into every crevice. Chocolate, peanut butter, and cola in one pan. Enough said.
Cuts into 20 generous pieces. This is the cake you bring to the church supper and come home with an empty pan.
Kitchen Tips
- Frost the cake while it’s warm. The heat softens the frosting and helps it bond with the cake instead of sitting on top like a separate layer.
- Stir the marshmallows in last. They need to be evenly distributed throughout the batter, not clumped in one corner of the pan.
- Don’t substitute diet cola. The sugar in regular cola is what gives the cake its distinctive sweetness and helps with browning.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Grease and flour a 9 x 13 x 2 inch pan.
Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl.
Melt butter.
Add cocoa and cola.
Pour over flour mixture.
Stir until well blended.
Add buttermilk, beaten eggs, soda and vanilla.
Stir in marshmallows.
Mix well.
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 40 minutes.
Remove from oven and frost while still warm with Peanut Butter Frosting.
Makes 20 to 2 x 3 inch servings.
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